BETTY GORHAM SHAW, PORT JERVIS, NEW YORK

Betty Gorham Shaw, age 93, a longtime resident of Port Jervis, NY, passed away on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at Belle Reve, Milford, PA.Betty was a retired 1st grade school teacher at the Sullivan Ave. School for the Port Jervis School System, until her retirement in 1973.She was born in Phoenix, NY on February 9, 1916, the daughter of the late William H. Gorham and Mabel Burrows Gorham. Betty was a descendant of Nathaniel Gorham, one of the primary authors of the United States Constitution, and one of the Presidents of the United States under the Articles of Confederation.Betty married Guy H. Shaw on May 30, 1940, in Little Falls, NY. A former Director of Guidance in the Port Jervis School System, he predeceased her in 1999.She was a graduate of SUNY at Oneonta. She was a member of the Deerpark Reformed Church, Port Jervis, the Port Jervis Antique Study Club; the New York State Retired Teacher's Assn. and the Port Jervis Community Club.Betty is survived by her Goddaughter, Shelley Dickinson of Enfield, CT, and many close friends including, Elizabeth Dickinson of Matamoras, PA, Rev. Robert and Phyllis Foster of Port Jervis, and Richard and Debbie Parsons of Kennebunk, ME.Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. Interment will take place at Glenwood Cemetery, Oneonta, NY.Arrangements by Knight-Auchmoody Funeral Home, Inc., 154 E. Main St., Port Jervis, NY. For information, directions or to send condolences, please call 845-856-3312 or visit Knight-Auchmoody.com.